3333 - Pella (Roman Republic) (AE Zeus/bull) over Thessalonica (Dionysus/Pegasus) (MacDonald coll., 63)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3333

148 BCE - 31 BCE | ΠΕΛΛΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 63

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΛΛΗΣ (Greek) Bull standing right. Under his belly, monogram. In right field, monogram?

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.159.15 g <br />9,150 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2000, p. 119, n° 1 (pl. 1, 1), MacDonald 2009, p. 84, n° 63	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 95, n° 8, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 84, n° 63, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 618
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pella macedon.amng iii.2.8

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right (visible: entire face of Dionysos from frontal hair locks to bottom of chin).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΕΣ(ΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Pegasus flying right. In field, monogram (visible: back half of Pegasus).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 187 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 118, n° 4, Lindgren 19934Lindgren 1993, n° 1151, Touratsoglou 19935Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.3, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 724, Kourempanas 20166Kourempanas 2016, n° 6
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thessalonica.kourempanas 2016.6

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
^ Lindgren, H. C. (1993), Ancient Greek Bronze coins from the Lindgren collection, Chrysopylon, Quarryville, 204 p.
^ Touratsoglou, Ioannis (1993), The coin circulation in Ancient Macedonia (ca. 200 B.C.-268-286 A.D.), The hoard evidence, Athens, Hellenic numismatic Society, in-4°, 88 p., XIII pl.
^ Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.